Harvard has successfully implemented hundreds of products with green features into its buildings. This section provides an easy way to browse those products with pdfs of cut sheets, MSDSs and other documentation available for download.

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General Products

Product Company Buildings Certif Regional Extract (miles) VOC (g/L) % Recycled Content Details
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Curtain Wall, attached file Kawneer 5 Cowperthwaite Open case study 46

Adhesives and Sealants

Product Company Buildings Certif VOC (g/L or % by weight) Details
790 Silicone Sealant Dow Corning Open manufacturer website 90 Mount Auburn Open case study 50
995 Silicone Sealant, attached file Dow Corning Open manufacturer website 90 Mount Auburn Open case study 50
Tremsil 600, attached file Tremco Sealants Blackstone Open case study 0
795 Silicone Sealant, attached file Dow Corning Open manufacturer website 90 Mount Auburn Open case study 40

Concrete and Metal

Product Company Buildings Reused (%) % Recycled Content Regional Extract (miles) Details
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Mortise Locks, attached file Sargent Open manufacturer website Rockefeller Hall 59

Doors

Product Company Buildings Certif % Rapid Renew % Recycled Content % FSC Certified Regional Extract (miles) Details
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Wood Door, attached file VT Industries Hamilton Hall Open case study 5 Cowperthwaite Open case study 40 40
Environmental Class, Particleboard core, attached file Marshfield Open manufacturer website Blackstone Open case study 54 74
5509 - Wood Veneer, Agrifiber Core, attached file VT Industries Open manufacturer website 10 Akron Street Open case study Gallatin Hall Open case study GreenGuard 60 60
EnviroDesign Series, 5-LSL-EBE, attached file Lambton Doors Open manufacturer website 125 Mount Auburn Street Open case study None ShowHide
Laminated Strand Lumber Core. No urea-formaldehyde. FSC wood available.
EnviroDesign Series, 5-FSPC-EBE, attached file Lambton Doors Open manufacturer website 641 Huntington Avenue 35 70 ShowHide
Particleboard Core - FSC certified, no urea-formaldehyde. Recycled content is based upon 55% recycled content on the core, which is 70% of the total volume of the door.
Hollow Metal Door, attached file deLa Fontaine Blackstone Open case study Hamilton Hall Open case study 22.6 8
Hollow Metal Door Kamco Wyss Hall Open case study 23 5
Steel Door and Frame, attached file deLa Fontaine Open manufacturer website 5 Cowperthwaite Open case study McCulloch Hall Burton Lab, Biological Labs2 Grant Street Open case study More Fewer 23.5 6
Steel Door and Frame, attached file Philipp Manufacturing Company One Western Ave Open case study
Series 707, 727, attached file Curries Open manufacturer website 10 Akron Street Open case study 23 7.3
Hollow Metal Door, attached file Ceco Door Open manufacturer website Littauer Library 57 9
Tranzform Fire Model ERP10, attached file Cornell Iron Works Open manufacturer website Littauer Library None 10 75 n/a 320 ShowHide
The Tranzform slats, metal hinges, formed steel lead posts and jamb attachments contain 25% post-consumer and 25% post-industrial (or pre-consumer) recycled content.

Glazing

Product Company Buildings Regional Extract (miles) % Visible Transmit LSG Solar Heat Gain Coeff U-Value % Recycled Content Details
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Solarban 60, attached file PPG 5 Cowperthwaite Open case study 10 Akron Street Open case study Blackstone Open case study More Fewer 70 0.38 20
VE1-2M, attached file Viracon Open manufacturer website Blackstone Open case study One Western Ave Open case study 70 1.85 0.38 ShowHide
BLACKSTONE (2006) – Viracon VE1-2M is an exterior glazing with lower shading coefficient used at Blackstone and One Western Avenue. Life cycle cost analysis demonstrated energy savings at small capital premium, and a payback period of 13 years. This glazing was specified at all clear glass locations: exterior, double pane, argon-filled low-e glass; skylights and lightslot - translucent 2-3/4” pre-insulated panels; skylight – 2-3/4” sandwich panel with R20 insulation between 2 layers of polycarbonate.
Glass partitions, attached file Melrose Glass Open manufacturer website Moorcroft Office, University Museum 20
1" VNE15-63 Insulating Glass, attached file Viracon Open manufacturer website Jacobsen Lab, Mallinckrodt 65 2.2 0.34 0.26 20
Saflex [laminating glass], attached file Saflex Open manufacturer website Credit Union 30

Window Frames

Product Company Buildings % Recycled Content Regionally Extracted (miles) Frame Material Operable Windows U-Value Window Type Details
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System 2900 Thermal, attached file EFCO Open manufacturer website Blackstone Open case study 49 21 Aluminum Yes 0.59 Casement
Series 590 Thermal, attached file EFCO Open manufacturer website Blackstone Open case study 29 21 Aluminum Yes 0.59 Casement